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(No Model.)

E. O. EWING.

METALLIC CEILING.

Patented Feb. 16, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT rinse.

EDWIN C. EIVING, OF IVHEELING, VEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE \VHEELINGOORRUGATING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

METALLIC CEILING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,183, dated February16, 1892.

Application filed March 23, 1891. Serial No. 385,956. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWlN C. EWING, of IVheeling, in the county of Ohioand State of WVest Virginia,have invented a new and useful Improvementin Metallic Ceilings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription. 1

My invention relates to an improvement in metallic ceilings; and itsobject is to provide means by which the panel-strips which cover thejoints between the panels may also serve the function of nailing-stripsfor upholding the ceiling in place.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a plan view of part of the ceiling. Figs. 2 and 3 arecross-sectional views on the lines II II and III III of Fig. I,respectively. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of rosettes which maybe used in this form of ceiling. Figs. 2 to 6 are drawn on a largerscale than the other figures of the drawings. Fig. 6 is a sectional viewof a modified form.

Like symbols of reference indicate like parts in each.

In the drawings, A A are the panels of the ceiling, B and C are thepanel-strips, and D are rosettes at the corners of the panels.

The construction of the panel-strips is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Eachconsists of a piece of sheet metal of channel form, which at its edgesis bent inwardly, as at 2, and is then reflexed and bent outwardly, soas to constitute laterally-projecting nailing-flanges 3.

The panels A consist of pieces of sheet metal, the edges of which areupwardly curved, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to correspond to thecurvature of the recesses between the parts 2 and 3 of the panel-strips,and their corners are cut away to enable them be joined to thepanel-strips, as hereinafter explained.

In putting the ceiling in place the panelstrips B are secured inposition to the joists or other base of the ceiling, however formed, bymeans of nails driven through the projecting flanges 3. The panels A arethen put in place by slipping their edges in the recesses between theparts 2 and 3 of the panel-strips, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Thecurvature of said recess enables the panels to be sprung intorplacelaterally or to be slid longitudinally between the panel-strips. As eachpanel is put in place, a cross molding strip 0 may be fitted to it atits margin in like manner, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and extendsbetween the molding-strips B. The setting of the panels in place coversand conceals the heads of the nails, by which the flanges 3 are secured.The panel-strips B may be of length equal to one side of the panel ormay be of length equal to two or more panels. The cross panels'trips maybe made of proper length to extend between the longitudinal strips. Inorder to cover the joints at the intersection of the panel-strips Iemploy rosettes D. These rosettes are not a part of my invention, butare preferably constructed as described in the application of John H.Packer, Serial No. 385,958, filed March 23, 1891. The rosette shown inFig. 4 is adapted to be placed at a corner where several of thepanel-strips terminate. It is provided with lateral tongues 4, adaptedto fit on the upper side of the ends of the respective channels and ofproper width to extend over the ends of the inwardly-bent portions 2, asshown in Fig. 2. The rosette is thus held securely in place without needof employing separate nails.

I may also use the form of rosette shown in Fig. 1, and at the outeredges of the marginal panels I may place one of the panel-strips, thusgiving the ceiling a very ornamental finish.

My improved ceiling is of advantage be-.

cause of the simplicity of its construction and its strength anddurability. It is easy to make and. easy to put together and the panelsare held firmly and are self-contained and supflanges oi": thepanel-strips.

port each other, the only securing devices'employed being the nailsdriven through the Furring-strips are not needed in applying the ceilingbecause the panels do not have to be nailed, and the flanges of themolding-strips can easily be secured to the joists or other base throughthe plaster of the ceiling, or may be nailed directly to the joists orother base in cases where the ceiling has not previously been plastered.

1. A metallic ceiling composed of panels and panel-strips, the stripshaving nailingflanges beneath the panels extending in one directionbeing continuous and those extend in g at an angle thereto being of alength equal to the distance between the first-named strips,

and rosettes at the junctions of the panelstrips, substantiallyasdescribed.

2. In a metallic ceiling, the combination of panel-st rips having boththeir edges extending inwardly and reflexed outwardly to formoutwardly-projecting nailing-flanges and intermediate recesses; thepanels having edges shaped to fit in said recesses, every edgeof thepanels being covered by a panel-strip and rosettes held in place by thepanel-strips, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day. ofMarch, A. D. 1891.

EDWIN C. EWING. \Vitnesses:

I W. B. OORWIN,

11-. M. OoRWIN.

